Obtaining fresh prostate cancer tissue for research: A novel biopsy needle and sampling technique for radical prostatectomy specimens

Prostate

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 382-386

  Walton, Thomas J ^a,b   McCulloch, Thomas A ^a   Rees, Robert C ^b   Bishop, Michael C ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ex vivo biopsy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Tissue harvesting

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREEZING; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SAMPLING; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SLICE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23944520681     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.20264     Document Type: Article

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